Rescue Inhalers & Cardiac Side Effects

[sue430]

I switched from albuterol to maxair for unrelated reasons, but was glad to discover that maxair had far less cardiac side effects for me than albuterol. It is more expensive, but has twice as many inhalations, so you don't have to get it refilled very often. Also isn't xopenex coming out sometime soon in inhaler form? I thought that I had read that somewhere.

[MissAmethyst2U]

Just wanted to say I suffer with the Sinus tach also was just diagnosed with that back at the beginning of this yr. I use albuterol inhaler and neb form. I dont have too many probs with the inhaler as long as I use just one puff. If I use two then yes it does increase my heart rate. The neb now is a different story with that it diff increases my heart rate. I also use Advair which I learned really quick never use your advair and then like 30 mins to an hr later use your inhaler my heart rate went sky high and I had to go lay down for a while.

[kirsten22]

i kno this is old but maybe other ppl are curious about it so i will post,

i have taken my albuteral inhaler about 6 times since i have gotten it, and I've not had any symptoms like that. When I take it, while im still holding it in my lungs my heart goes, baboom baboom kind of harder like i can feel it in my chest momentarily but not really fast. Then after i let it out im fine and have no racing heart or anything. I am a freak about my heart too, so..

i guess it just depends, and it doens't affect everyone like that. One day when I was bad I had to take it 3 times and i was still fine.

[Solaray2]

Hi Old Hollywood,

I have recently been diagnosed with asthma and was wondering if I could get the group's input on short-acting inhalers in the US. I have been reading that many or perhaps even all of the short-acting inhalers have some affect on the heart. For instance, they may cause rapid heart rate, palpitations, etc. In addition to asthma, I also suffer from a heart arrhythmia called sinus tachycardia (rapid heart rate). I have informed my Doctor of this condition, however I want to make sure that we select an inhaler that is relatively safe for me. Could someone please tell me which rescue inhalers tend to cause the least amount of cardiac side effects?

I heard from other members on this board that there were less side effect (rapid heart racing) from Xopenex(short acting inhaler)
My doctors seems to believe this as well.
He gave me the hand out on it.
To clarify it does come in a inhalation aerosol in the U.S. according to the advertisement he gave me on 7/06.
He mentioned he was willing to prescribe this to me on perhaps my next visit
because I explained to him that the Albuterol causes me to feel rapid heart beat/palpitations/jitters.
My holter monitor test showed I have heart arrhythmia ,sinus tachycardia , skipped heart beats.
This makes me sensitive and prone to the side effects of Albuterol.